Eight Pages A Week

Every week you must turn in 8 pages of NEW work. This assignment is the core of the class. Most of the other assignments draw on the resources you will gain from this assignment. During any week of the semester, you may count the assignments that you turn in for that class as part of your eight pages for that week. (So for instance, during week four, when you turn in your ten minute play, you won't need to write any additional pages for that week, since the assignment itself will take you over the required 8 pages.

You should turn in your pages through google docs. Please upload your celtx pages as PDFs to google docs and share them with the email account specified in your paper syllabus. My feedback will also be provided through google docs. I will be giving you the most feedback at the beginning of the course. and (orally) in the workshops. While I will check all of your 8 pages, I will not respond very closely to most of that material. I will have regular office hours to eet with you individually about your writing process and products; it's up to you to schedule those meetings.

You may turn in pages of a script, you may turn in pitches for new scripts, you may turn in plot outlines, you may turn in character studies. All scripts should be written in CELTX and all materials must be submitted digitally.

Eight pages means eight whole pages – type written 12pt. Times Roman Font, 10pt. Arial Font- you’re free to go over your eight, but if you turn in seven pages with a paragraph at the top of the next one- I won’t count it. Please try to develop habits of good, error-free writing, but know that I won't be counting off for spelling and punctuation issues. I may make you aware of problematic patterns and issues with form and formatting, but points will not be deducted.

If you turn in eight pages of a new work each week for 13 weeks, you have an A for this portion of the class. 12 weeks of pages is a B. 10-11 weeks is a C. 10 weeks is a D. less than 8 weeks of pages constitutes failure for this portion of this course.

I really believe that consistency is a key to success in any kind of script-writing.